1969 Atlanta Falcons (NFL) |
3rd place • Western Conference • Coastal Division • 6-8-0 .429 |
Head Coach: Norm Van Brocklin |
Fred Bruney | Defensive Backs |
Marion Campbell | Chief Defensive |
Bob Griffin | Defensive Line |
Duane Putnam | Offensive Line |
Walt Yowarsky | Offensive Backs |
SCORES | |||||||||
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Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
Sat | 8/9/1969 | N | Philadelphia Eagles | 13-7 | W | Portland, OR | Multnomah Stadium | 21625 | |
Sun | 8/17/1969 | A | Boston Patriots | 34-16 | W | Boston, MA | Boston College Alumni Stadium | 24084 | |
Sat | 8/23/1969 | H | Washington Redskins | 7-24 | L | Atlanta, GA | Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium | 56990 | |
Sat | 8/30/1969 | A | New Orleans Saints | 17-21 | L | New Orleans, LA | Tulane Stadium | 69898 | |
Sat | 9/6/1969 | A | Kansas City Chiefs | 10-14 | L | Kansas City, MO | Municipal Stadium | 37273 | |
Sat | 9/13/1969 | N | Green Bay Packers | 24-38 | L | Canton, OH | Fawcett Stadium | 17411 | |
Sun | 9/21/1969 | H | San Francisco 49ers | 24-12 | W | Atlanta, GA | Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium | 45940 | |
Sun | 9/28/1969 | A | Los Angeles Rams | 7-17 | L | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 58031 | |
Sun | 10/5/1969 | H | Baltimore Colts | 14-21 | L | Atlanta, GA | Grant Field | 57806 | |
Sun | 10/12/1969 | H | Dallas Cowboys | 17-24 | L | Atlanta, GA | Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium | 54833 | |
Sun | 10/19/1969 | A | San Francisco 49ers | 21-7 | W | San Francisco, CA | Kezar Stadium | 28684 | |
Sun | 10/26/1969 | A | Green Bay Packers | 10-28 | L | Green Bay, WI | Lambeau Field | 50861 | |
Sun | 11/2/1969 | H | Los Angeles Rams | 6-38 | L | Atlanta, GA | Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium | 58850 | |
Sun | 11/9/1969 | A | Detroit Lions | 21-27 | L | Detroit, MI | Tiger Stadium | 53242 | |
Sun | 11/16/1969 | H | Chicago Bears | 48-31 | W | Atlanta, GA | Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium | 53722 | |
Sun | 11/23/1969 | A | Washington Redskins | 20-27 | L | Washington, DC | RFK Stadium | 50345 | |
Sun | 11/30/1969 | A | Baltimore Colts | 6-13 | L | Baltimore, MD | Memorial Stadium | 60238 | |
Sun | 12/7/1969 | H | New Orleans Saints | 45-17 | W | Atlanta, GA | Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium | 51021 | |
Sun | 12/14/1969 | A | Philadelphia Eagles | 27-3 | W | Philadelphia, PA | Franklin Field | 60658 | |
Sun | 12/21/1969 | H | Minnesota Vikings | 10-3 | W | Atlanta, GA | Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium | 52872 |
ROSTER | ||||||||
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Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
Ron Acks | 52 | LB | 6-2 | 210 | 25 | Illinois | 14 | 0 |
Grady Allen | 54 | LLB | 6-3 | 226 | 23 | Texas A&M | 14 | 14 |
Bob Berry | 17 | QB | 5-11 | 185 | 27 | Oregon | 7 | 7 |
Bruce Bosley | 77 | C | 6-2 | 241 | 36 | West Virginia | 12 | 11 |
Bob Breitenstein | 65 | LOG-LOT | 6-3 | 265 | 26 | Tulsa | 10 | 4 |
Greg Brezina | 50 | RLB | 6-1 | 221 | 23 | Houston | 14 | 13 |
Charlie Bryant | 32 | RB | 6-1 | 207 | 28 | Allen | 14 | 0 |
Jim Butler | 33 | HB | 5-10 | 191 | 26 | Edward Waters | 14 | 14 |
Dave Cahill | 73 | RDT | 6-3 | 243 | 28 | Northern Arizona | 11 | 8 |
Junior Coffey | 34 | FB | 6-1 | 211 | 27 | Washington | 6 | 6 |
Gail Cogdill | 15 | WR | 6-2 | 200 | 32 | Washington State | 13 | 12 |
Glen Condren | 88 | RDT | 6-2 | 248 | 27 | Oklahoma | 9 | 3 |
Ted Cottrell | 51 | LB | 6-1 | 233 | 22 | Delaware Valley | 10 | 0 |
Dick Enderle | 63 | LOG-LOT | 6-2 | 258 | 22 | Minnesota | 14 | 11 |
Bob Etter | 3 | K | 5-11 | 154 | 24 | Georgia | 14 | 0 |
Jim Ferguson | 59 | C | 6-4 | 245 | 27 | Cerritos JC; Southern California | 2 | 2 |
Paul Flatley | 85 | WR | 6-1 | 187 | 28 | Northwestern | 14 | 14 |
Mike Freeman | 28 | RS | 5-10 | 174 | 25 | Fresno State | 14 | 4 |
Paul Gipson | 40 | RB | 6-0 | 210 | 23 | Houston | 10 | 0 |
Don Hansen | 58 | MLB-RLB | 6-3 | 227 | 25 | Illinois | 11 | 10 |
Bob Hughes | 70 | DE | 6-4 | 242 | 25 | Rust; Jackson State | 14 | 0 |
Claude Humphrey | 87 | LDE | 6-5 | 258 | 25 | Tennessee State | 14 | 14 |
Randy Johnson | 11 | QB | 6-3 | 202 | 25 | Texas A&M-Kingsville | 6 | 5 |
George Kunz | 75 | ROT | 6-5 | 251 | 22 | Notre Dame | 14 | 14 |
Al Lavan | 49 | LS | 6-1 | 194 | 23 | Colorado State | 11 | 4 |
Monte Ledbetter | 43 | WR | 6-2 | 185 | 26 | Northwestern State (Louisiana) | 2 | 0 |
Bobby Lee | 82 | WR | 6-3 | 200 | 24 | Minnesota | 4 | 0 |
Bruce Lemmerman | 18 | QB | 6-1 | 201 | 24 | Northridge State | 7 | 2 |
Billy Lothridge | 26 | P | 6-1 | 194 | 27 | Georgia Tech | 14 | 0 |
John Mallory | 22 | RS | 6-0 | 188 | 23 | West Virginia | 13 | 10 |
Tom McCauley | 20 | WR | 6-3 | 190 | 22 | Wisconsin | 14 | 0 |
Gary McDermott | 45 | RB | 6-1 | 211 | 23 | Tulsa | 4 | 0 |
Jim Mitchell | 86 | TE | 6-1 | 235 | 22 | Prairie View A&M | 14 | 14 |
Tommy Nobis | 60 | MLB | 6-2 | 235 | 26 | Texas | 5 | 5 |
Ken Reaves | 36 | LCB | 6-3 | 206 | 25 | Norfolk State | 14 | 14 |
Rudy Redmond | 47 | RCB | 6-0 | 190 | 22 | Riverside CC; Pacific | 14 | 12 |
Bill Sabatino | 74 | RDT | 6-3 | 245 | 24 | Colorado | 6 | 3 |
Bill Sandeman | 61 | LOT | 6-6 | 256 | 27 | Stockton JC; Pacific | 13 | 11 |
Roy Schmidt | 55 | ROG-LOG | 6-3 | 250 | 27 | Ventura JC; Long Beach State | 9 | 3 |
Jerry Shay | 78 | LDT | 6-3 | 245 | 25 | Purdue | 14 | 14 |
Jerry Simmons | 44 | WR | 6-1 | 190 | 27 | Bethune-Cookman | 2 | 2 |
Ralph Smith | 81 | TE | 6-2 | 214 | 31 | Mississippi | 14 | 0 |
Malcolm Snider | 67 | ROG | 6-4 | 251 | 22 | Stanford | 14 | 13 |
Jeff Stanciel | 23 | RB | 6-0 | 192 | 22 | Mississippi Valley State | 2 | 0 |
Jeff Van Note | 57 | C | 6-2 | 247 | 23 | Kentucky | 1 | 0 |
Harmon Wages | 5 | FB | 6-1 | 214 | 23 | Florida | 14 | 8 |
Jim Waskiewicz | 59 | C | 6-4 | 237 | 25 | Wichita State | 12 | 1 |
Jim Weatherford | 42 | LS | 5-11 | 186 | 23 | Tennessee | 14 | 10 |
Nate Wright | 24 | RCB | 5-11 | 179 | 22 | Monterey Peninsula JC; San Diego State | 3 | 2 |
John Zook | 71 | RDE | 6-5 | 240 | 22 | Kansas | 14 | 14 |
DRAFT LIST | ||||
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Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
1 | 2 | George Kunz | T | Notre Dame |
2 | 29 | Paul Gipson | RB | Houston |
3 | 54 | Malcolm Snider | T | Stanford |
3 | 67 | Jon Sandstrom | G | Oregon State |
4 | 81 | Jim Mitchell | TE | Prairie View A&M |
4 | 103 | Dicky Lyons | DB | Kentucky |
5 | 127 | Tony Pleviak | DE | Illinois |
6 | 137 | Wally Oyler | DB | Louisville |
7 | 158 | Dick Enderle | G | Minnesota |
7 | 164 | Ted Cottrell | LB | Delaware Valley |
8 | 185 | Jim Callahan | FL | Temple |
10 | 237 | Jeff Stanciel | RB | Mississippi Valley State |
11 | 262 | Jeff Van Note | LB | Kentucky |
12 | 289 | Denver Samples | DT | Texas-El Paso |
13 | 313 | Harry Carpenter | T | Tennessee State |
14 | 341 | Billy Hunt | DB | Kansas |
15 | 366 | Jim Weatherford | DB | Tennessee |
16 | 393 | Eddie Hughes | RB | Texas Southern |
17 | 418 | Paul Williams | RB | California |
SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team Totals | 64 | 78 | 69 | 65 | 276 |
Opponents Totals | 65 | 96 | 38 | 69 | 268 |
TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team Totals | 209 | 97 | 89 | 23 | / % | / % | 63 | 601 | |
Opponents Totals | 34:17 | 254 | 120 | 120 | 14 | / % | / % | 73 | 762 |
SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bob Etter | 0 | 33 | 33 | 100.0 | 15 | 30 | 50.0 | 0 | 78 |
Paul Flatley | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||
Jim Butler | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
Gail Cogdill | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
Jim Mitchell | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
Junior Coffey | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
Harmon Wages | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
Ron Acks | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
Paul Gipson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
Claude Humphrey | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
Randy Johnson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
Bruce Lemmerman | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
Malcolm Snider | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
Jim Weatherford | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
Team Totals | 33 | 33 | 33 | 100.0 | 15 | 30 | 50.0 | 0 | 276 |
Opponents Totals | 32 | 32 | 32 | 100.0 | 14 | 27 | 51.9 | 1 | 268 |
FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bob Etter | 15 | 30 | 50.0 | 1 | 34 | 6/6 | 5/5 | 4/8 | 0/9 | 0/2 |
Team Totals | 15 | 30 | 50.0 | 1 | 34 | 6/6 | 5/5 | 4/8 | 0/9 | 0/2 |
Opponents Totals | 14 | 27 | 51.9 | 5/5 | 4/4 | 4/8 | 1/7 | 0/3 |
RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jim Butler | 163 | 655 | 4.0 | 39 | 3 |
Harmon Wages | 72 | 375 | 5.2 | 66t | 2 |
Paul Gipson | 62 | 303 | 4.9 | 33 | 1 |
Charlie Bryant | 50 | 246 | 4.9 | 41 | 0 |
Junior Coffey | 49 | 168 | 3.4 | 16 | 1 |
Jim Mitchell | 5 | 77 | 15.4 | 40 | 0 |
Bob Berry | 20 | 68 | 3.4 | 30 | 0 |
Bruce Lemmerman | 10 | 57 | 5.7 | 20 | 1 |
Randy Johnson | 11 | 55 | 5.0 | 13 | 1 |
Tom McCauley | 2 | 49 | 24.5 | 32 | 0 |
Gary McDermott | 7 | 6 | 0.9 | 3 | 0 |
Jeff Stanciel | 4 | -1 | -0.3 | 4 | 0 |
Team Totals | 455 | 2058 | 4.5 | 66t | 9 |
Opponents Totals | 475 | 2032 | 4.3 | 39t | 14 |
PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bob Berry | 124 | 71 | 57.3 | 51 | 1087 | 8.8 | 15.3 | 88t | 10 | 8.1 | 2 | 1.6 | 31 | 219 | 868 | 106.5 |
Randy Johnson | 93 | 51 | 54.8 | 37 | 788 | 8.5 | 15.5 | 65t | 8 | 8.6 | 5 | 5.4 | 18 | 152 | 636 | 89.4 |
Bruce Lemmerman | 62 | 25 | 40.3 | 33 | 330 | 5.3 | 13.2 | 57 | 1 | 1.6 | 4 | 6.5 | 14 | 106 | 224 | 36.4 |
Harmon Wages | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 16 | 16.0 | 16.0 | 16t | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 158.3 |
Billy Lothridge | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 9 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 104.2 |
Paul Gipson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | ||
Team Totals | 282 | 149 | 52.8 | 121 | 2230 | 7.9 | 15.0 | 88t | 20 | 7.1 | 12 | 4.3 | 63 | 477 | 1753 | 85.0 |
Opponents Totals | 383 | 225 | 58.7 | 139 | 2536 | 6.6 | 11.3 | 67t | 13 | 3.4 | 19 | 5.0 | 30 | 251 | 2285 | 69.3 |
RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Paul Flatley | 45 | 834 | 18.5 | 71t | 6 |
Gail Cogdill | 24 | 374 | 15.6 | 52 | 5 |
Jim Mitchell | 22 | 339 | 15.4 | 42t | 4 |
Harmon Wages | 22 | 228 | 10.4 | 88t | 1 |
Jim Butler | 17 | 297 | 17.5 | 65t | 2 |
Junior Coffey | 8 | 64 | 8.0 | 19 | 2 |
Paul Gipson | 4 | 33 | 8.3 | 18 | 0 |
Ralph Smith | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 10 | 0 |
Charlie Bryant | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 9 | 0 |
Monte Ledbetter | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
Greg Brezina | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
Jerry Simmons | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
Team Totals | 149 | 2230 | 15.0 | 88t | 20 |
Opponents Totals | 225 | 2536 | 11.3 | 67t | 13 |
INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Rudy Redmond | 5 | 50 | 10.0 | 32 | 0 |
Ken Reaves | 3 | 14 | 4.7 | 14 | 0 |
Don Hansen | 2 | 51 | 25.5 | 40 | 0 |
John Zook | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 15 | 0 |
Al Lavan | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
John Mallory | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 |
Jim Weatherford | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
Grady Allen | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
Greg Brezina | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
Tommy Nobis | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Ron Acks | 0 | 15 | 15L | 0 | |
Team Totals | 19 | 200 | 10.5 | 40 | 0 |
Opponents Totals | 12 | 233 | 19.4 | 80t | 2 |
PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Billy Lothridge | 69 | 2846 | 41.2 | 57 | 0 | 5 | 171 | 2575 | 37.3 | |
Team Totals | 69 | 2846 | 41.2 | 57 | 0 | 5 | 171 | 2575 | 37.3 | |
Opponents Totals | 56 | 2171 | 38.8 | 59 | 1 | 5 | 82 | 1989 | 36.2 |
PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
John Mallory | 13 | 6 | 42 | 3.2 | 15 | 0 |
Mike Freeman | 4 | 0 | 30 | 7.5 | 12 | 0 |
Nate Wright | 4 | 0 | 21 | 5.3 | 11 | 0 |
Tom McCauley | 4 | 6 | -11 | -2.8 | 0 | 0 |
Dave Cahill | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Team Totals | 26 | 12 | 82 | 3.2 | 15 | 0 |
Opponents Totals | 38 | 14 | 171 | 4.5 | 52 | 0 |
KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Charlie Bryant | 21 | 407 | 19.4 | 39 | 0 | |
Jim Butler | 13 | 405 | 31.2 | 61 | 0 | |
Paul Gipson | 9 | 145 | 16.1 | 27 | 0 | |
Harmon Wages | 6 | 76 | 12.7 | 23 | 0 | |
Malcolm Snider | 1 | 48 | 48.0 | 48t | 1 | |
George Kunz | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 | |
Jeff Stanciel | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 | |
Team Totals | 52 | 1104 | 21.2 | 61 | 1 | |
Opponents Totals | 52 | 1132 | 21.8 | 96t | 2 |
FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ron Acks | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Grady Allen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Bob Berry | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -5 | 0 | |
Greg Brezina | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
Charlie Bryant | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
Jim Butler | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
Gail Cogdill | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Dick Enderle | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Jim Ferguson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -24 | 0 | |
Paul Flatley | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Mike Freeman | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Paul Gipson | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
Claude Humphrey | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 1 |
Randy Johnson | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
George Kunz | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Al Lavan | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Bruce Lemmerman | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
John Mallory | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 0 | |
Tom McCauley | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Jim Mitchell | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Tommy Nobis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Ken Reaves | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Rudy Redmond | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Jerry Shay | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Jeff Stanciel | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Harmon Wages | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Jim Waskiewicz | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Jim Weatherford | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 74 | 1 |
Nate Wright | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
John Zook | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 0 |
Team Totals | 37 | 22 | 15 | 27 | 42 | 90 | 2 |
Opponents Totals | 37 | 27 | 9 | 19 | 28 | 1 |
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